Tract (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. an expanse or area of land, water, etc.; region; stretch.
  2. Anatomy.
    • a definite region or area of the body, especially a group, series, or system of related parts or organs: the digestive tract.
    • a bundle of nerve fibers having a common origin and destination.
  3. a stretch or period of time; interval; lapse.
  4. an anthem consisting of verses of Scripture, sung after the gradual in the Mass from Septuagesima until the day before Easter and on certain other occasions, taking the place of the alleluias and the verse that ordinarily accompany the gradual.
  5. a pteryla.
noun
  1. a brief treatise or pamphlet for general distribution, usually on a religious or political topic.
noun
  1. an extended area, as of land
  2. a system of organs, glands, or other tissues that has a particular function
  3. a bundle of nerve fibres having the same function, origin, and termination
  4. an extended period of time
noun
  1. a treatise or pamphlet, esp a religious or moralistic one
noun
  1. an anthem in some Masses
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